Vrede too wrote: ↑Wed Oct 06, 2021 12:36 pm
O Really wrote: ↑Wed Oct 06, 2021 12:25 pm
... Consider living somewhere where it's normalish for a customer to just wave a gun and refuse to show a receipt - a receipt he has on the seat or in his bag! And Coeur D'Alene is arguably among the lesser crazy towns in Idaho, although Kootenai County overall voted 70-30 Red. If these people want to secede, there shouldn't be even a show of objection.
I believe that people in eastern OR and "your" eastern WA want to secede and join Idaho.
There are those, and some would say let'em go. You can spend time in the Spokane immediate metro (generally Spokane, Spokane Valley, Liberty Lake) area and not constantly feel like you're in the land of loons, but it's a bubble. Out in the county and all the way down to Walla-Walla/Tri Cities, and all across eastern Oregon, it's pretty much Road Warrior land. And in the time we've been coming through and staying around there, it's gotten worse.
I do understand why they keep elected that moon-drooling Cathy McMorris Rogers, though. When she's running, and in her communications in the district, she comes across as a very reasonable person, keeping away from the lightning rod issues, talking about "working for veterans" and "bringing jobs to Eastern Washington", "protecting against wildfires and supporting families," and "making sure Eastern Washington has a strong voice (in DC)" She doesn't do immigration (her farmer constituents love them some Mexican workers). Looking at her slick website doesn't turn up much craziness.
https://mcmorris.house.gov/
Then she goes off to Washington where nobody is watching and votes with the trumpists.